To have a tidy and clean kitchen, you only need to adopt a few habits. If you incorporate these habits into your daily routine, you will not only have a clean kitchen, but you will also save time.

These are the 6 golden rules you should adopt to keep your kitchen looking tidy:

 

1. tidy up and clean while you are working in the kitchen. While you are preparing food, you can always wash the sink, wipe down the worktop and put away used kitchen utensils. This keeps the kitchen tidy and organised.

 

2. instead of stacking dirty dishes in the sink or on the worktop, you should put every used item in the dishwasher immediately. And, of course, switch on the dishwasher as soon as it is full enough.

 

3. if you don't have a dishwasher or have crockery, pots and cutlery that shouldn't be put in the dishwasher, always fill the sink with hot dishwater before cooking. This way, you can soak everything you have used in the dishwater immediately and clean it afterwards.

 

4. peel vegetables and fruit over a plate or kitchen paper. Then you can throw the peelings straight into the bin afterwards.

 

5. keep your worktop free of objects that do not belong there, such as letters, keys, wallets and items of clothing.

 

6 When you get home from the shops, put all the food away immediately and throw empty packaging in the bin.